Posts by rrglenn

Replaced my inverter board (didn't want to deal with warranty unless I had to), and so far it seems to be working. LCD is at 100% brightness and has stayed on now for an hour (with the old inverter board it would shut off in less than...

My 8890 (16" LCD) just started having the exact same issue a week ago. The LCD won't stay on for more than 5-10 seconds, but comes back on everytime you hid the lid switch. Any idea on what to do before I call for warranty work...

I've tryied Sager, PCTorque, Prostar, Eurocom (still waiting to hear back), several laptop parts/repair shops and ebay looking for the second bay HD bracket (with electronics) for my 8890, an so far have had no luck. Anyone know...

I'm having intermittant problems with my 8890 ac adapter. On rare occasions, it simply shuts off (green light goes out and no power goes to laptop). Typically if I pull the plug, let it cool down a little bit, it works fine again. ...

After 3 months of research and lurking around on this forum, I've decided to purchase a 5680. So as I'm selecting the options, I have some last questions I'm hoping someone can help me out with. This notebook will basically be a...

Quote: Originally Posted by aussie It seems we are seeing quite a few of these disks dying premature deaths, or is it just a statistical anomoly? What disk type was it Jim? This is exactly what is causing me...